My dad, Mark Conard, is a pastor in the Kansas West Conference currently serving at First United Methodist Church – Hutchinson. In this clip, he is talking about the hope for the future in The United Methodist Church and ourselves. I think that he articulates a great understanding of hope and where to look for […]
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Worship and Missional Activity
While working on the post about space priorities for a congregation, I began to reflect on the interaction between missional and worship space. I think that missional and worship space could be the same space for a congregation. I have wondered what it would look like for the first building which a new church start […]
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deeply committed
Several weeks ago my wife, Nicole, and I visited Kevin and Melissa Watson – friends from seminary who are living in Oklahoma. Kevin is serving Lamont United Methodist Church and Melissa is working at the local bank. It was a joy to connect with people from Wesley Theological Seminary, as they seem to be few […]
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Alpha Promotion
I have not been a part of an Alpha class, but have heard only good things about it. This video was the winner of the Alpha Viral Competition. Thanks to The Complex Christ | Signs of Emergence for bringing my attention to the video in this post. I found it entertaining, humorous, abrupt and it […]
This is a question which will be considered, along with others in a conversation that will be taking place this week at Resurrection around the theme – What does 21st century worship look like? I believe that this conversation will have implications in the services here and may have effects wider than this local congregation. […]
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Worship Experience
I have been thinking a good deal about worship recently. This past weekend, I assisted in leading worship for the second week in a row at Resurrection. In February, I wrote about the connection between worship attendance and discipleship and now turn to the experience of worship. Thanks to a post from beauty. (t)ruth. god. […]
I try to keep up on news within the United Methodist Church through RSS feeds from UMC.org, particularly the feed for United Methodist News (RSS link). I have recently been encouraged about hope for the future of the denomination in effective ministry as a part of God’s Kingdom through several articles. Plan would pave way […]
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Appointment Blog
While reading and considering the book: the blogging church, I began to think about how some of the themes presented in the book could be utilized in The United Methodist Church in the annual conference. What if there was a blog about the appointment possibilities that the cabinet was considering? While some annual conferences are […]
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Review of the blogging church
I have posted a review of the blogging church by Brian Bailey and Terry Storch. You can download the PDF document here – Book Review – the blogging church or on the Documents page of this site. I would love to hear your thoughts, responses and comments on this review. Please comment on this post. […]
At the Emerging Church New Starts conference, I heard about an upcoming website. It launched this week. From the website: Deepshift.org is a group of reflective ministry practitioners who provide coaching, consulting, and resources for people leading in deep shift – faith community and church leaders, nonprofit leaders, and others. I am interested in attending […]
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Speedlinking – May 1, 2007
Bishop Scott Jones writes about the future of the United Methodist Church at UMC’s big picture is bright. A vision of hope is an important component of moving forward from any current state. Bishop William Willimon posts a list of Søren Kierkegaard’s demands for pastors at Kierkegaard on Pastors Who are Servants of the Truth. […]
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Five Lessons from the SWAT Team
Resurrection was host for FBI SWAT training exercises last week. I watched the team go through several training scenarios and observed several characteristics of their action together that have application in ministry and the church. Some of the characteristics that were evident: Preparation – Before any action started, each member of the team was equipped […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 